Alert up vs fake Baguio veggies
BAGUIO CITY — Vegetable traders in La Trinidad, Benguet warned the public on Wednesday that volumes of potatoes and carrots being sold in the...
Deadly clan war ends in Basilan
COTABATO CITY — Two feuding Yakan clans reconciled on Tuesday in a symbolic rite in Ungkaya Pukan town in Basilan, ending a six-year rido...
Senator urges public to conserve energy in view of El Niño
A PHILIPPINE senator has called on the public to conserve energy ahead of the expected dry spells and drought associated with the El Niño...
Congress urged to boost business, infrastructure
BUSINESS groups are urging Congress to ensure that 2024 is used to pass measures boosting the ease of doing business in the country and continuing infrastructure projects vital to the faster delivery of agricultural produce.
Environmental group against replacing jeeps with modern PUVs
AN ENVIRONMENTAL advocacy group has rejected the government’s plan to replace traditional jeepneys with reportedly more eco-friendly vehicles, claiming that even the modern units set to take over the streets fail to comply with United Nations (UN) recommendations.
Marcos trips bag P4-T investments, pledges
THIS YEAR’S foreign trips of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has cornered a total of P4.019 trillion or $72.189 billion in investments and pledges for various Philippine development projects, according to an updated report by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Philippines moving boldly into infrastructural power play
IT HAD been, for a time, a mission aborted for a coalition of civic groups that sought to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino fishermen and other civilians in Philippine-occupied features in the South China Sea.
Bill seeks free toll on holidays
A BILL seeking to exempt motorists from paying the toll on connecting highways during regular holidays has been filed before the House of Representatives,...
Customs seizes P56-M ‘shabu’
THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) has seized P56 million worth of “shabu” and arrested the claimant in Cavite.
The agency said that it seized 8,126...
Davao aims for waste-to-energy
THE DAVAO City waste-to-energy (WTE) project is gaining momentum with the formation of a crucial Technical Working Group (TWG), a city council member revealed...
CPP, still combative at 55
BAGUIO CITY — Despite the government’s renewed effort to negotiate peace with Maoist rebels, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), commemorating its 55th...
Philippines not provoking conflict in South China Sea — military spokesperson
MANILA — The Philippines is not provoking conflict in the South China Sea, the country’s military spokesperson said on Tuesday, in response to China’s...